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a) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion.Syn: dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis
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schizophrenia — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1912 1. a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as… … New Collegiate Dictionary
schizophrenia — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chronic ▪ paranoid VERB + SCHIZOPHRENIA ▪ have, suffer from ▪ develop ▪ … Collocations dictionary
